Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan
Pakistan: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 643,180 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan stood at 643,180 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 125.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan peaked at 643,180 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
Pakistan ranks 2nd of 75 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 0 t | — |
| 1976 | 0 t | — |
| 1977 | 0 t | — |
| 1978 | 0 t | — |
| 1979 | 0 t | — |
| 1980 | 186,264 t | — |
| 1981 | 157,531 t | -15.4% |
| 1982 | 193,211 t | +22.6% |
| 1983 | 217,221 t | +12.4% |
| 1984 | 236,413 t | +8.8% |
| 1985 | 229,120 t | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 216,916 t | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 295,709 t | +36.3% |
| 1988 | 310,594 t | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 295,578 t | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 299,557 t | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 150,159 t | -49.9% |
| 1992 | 163,330 t | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 173,593 t | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 175,439 t | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 186,059 t | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 201,426 t | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 151,414 t | -24.8% |
| 1998 | 157,668 t | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 157,773 t | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 148,389 t | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 150,519 t | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 156,806 t | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 153,730 t | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 157,059 t | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 161,851 t | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 170,225 t | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 166,708 t | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 161,507 t | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 163,849 t | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 174,297 t | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 209,017 t | +19.9% |
| 2012 | 251,374 t | +20.3% |
| 2013 | 304,664 t | +21.2% |
| 2014 | 285,140 t | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 268,492 t | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 272,246 t | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 297,225 t | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 423,671 t | +42.5% |
| 2019 | 484,424 t | +14.3% |
| 2020 | 408,540 t | -15.7% |
| 2021 | 442,223 t | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 528,466 t | +19.5% |
| 2023 | 614,782 t | +16.3% |
| 2024 | 643,180 t | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 233,856 t | 157,531 t | 310,594 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 181,642 t | 150,159 t | 299,557 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 159,064 t | 148,389 t | 170,225 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 297,055 t | 174,297 t | 484,424 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 527,438 t | 408,540 t | 643,180 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 1 Ethiopia PDR 2.60 million t compare
- 3 Indonesia 384,233 t compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.95 million t compare
- 4 Namibia 379,322 t compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 922,483 t compare
- 5 Papua New Guinea 369,648 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan was 643,180 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 643,180 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Pakistan rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Pakistan ranks 2nd out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 125.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pakistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.